Bringing in one of the best regular season QBs of all time can do that. Sadly though he only has a fluky Tebow led playoff win so far and once Peyton retires the house of cards that Elway built will come crashing down. Lets see the media praise him then, especially when all he has built up for fails to bring home a SB.

28th in YPC? Yikes! We sure are in deep deep trouble if we face potent run-heavy teams like the Eagles, Titans, Texans, and Browns!

It's a little alarming how many times I have to explain this to you. Do I think that a team could eschew a QB, line up exclusively in the wildcat, and run the ball 60 times, and KC's defense would resort to flailing around, unable to stop them? No, that's stupid.

I'll explain it again, let me know if you don't understand any of it.

KC's defense is good, unlike last year. Why? I think it's because of the scheme more than the talent. I think that the aggressiveness of the scheme results in success against the pass, while leaving it vulnerable against the run. Overall, it has been extremely successful so far.

What happens to schemes as the season goes on? They get figured out and exploited by other teams.

I look for the defense to regress to its talent level (which is still pretty good, just not mid-80s Bears good) over the rest of the season. I think we've already seen this beginning to happen, with the defensive performances we saw against Case Keenum and Jason Campbell.

It's a little alarming how many times I have to explain this to you. Do I think that a team could eschew a QB, line up exclusively in the wildcat, and run the ball 60 times, and KC's defense would resort to flailing around, unable to stop them? No, that's stupid.

I'll explain it again, let me know if you don't understand any of it.

KC's defense is good, unlike last year. Why? I think it's because of the scheme more than the talent. I think that the aggressiveness of the scheme results in success against the pass, while leaving it vulnerable against the run. Overall, it has been extremely successful so far.

What happens to schemes as the season goes on? They get figured out and exploited by other teams.

I look for the defense to regress to its talent level (which is still pretty good, just not mid-80s Bears good) over the rest of the season. I think we've already seen this beginning to happen, with the defensive performances we saw against Case Keenum and Jason Campbell.

You're the one who wields that YPC stat like it has any kind of meaning.

The issue of teams "cracking" Sutton's scheme (as overblown as you're making it out to be with their performances against the Texans and Browns) is a different conversation.

If that's what you want to talk about, then why do you keep bringing up YPC?

Also, why are the Chiefs destined to regress because teams are working around Sutton's scheme? ALL teams play within a scheme. Just because this is a particularly aggressive one doesn't mean other coaches and their playbooks aren't susceptible to the same issues.

And yet, some defenses like the 2010 Packers and the 2011 Giants seem to get better as the season goes on.